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Parts of Speech - Adjectives - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

Here's a simple list of common, everyday adjectives in their positive, comparative and superlative forms, divided into groups to facilitate memorization.

Parts of Speech - Introduction

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA Northeast

Here's a quick summary of the different kinds of words we have in the English language and what they are used for.

Sigrid explains - Traffic - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

Many of us have to deal with traffic on a daily basis. Here's how to talk about it in English, include expressions such as "traffic jam," "bumper-to-bumper," and "bottleneck."

Sigrid - Enough is Enough - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

We keep seeing the "Black Lives Matter" slogan all around — what's it all about? Well, it's a long story. Here's part of the story in a nutshell.

S.O.S. pronunciation - woman-women - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

Here's how to pronounce a very important noun with an unusual plural!

The Alphabet - The Letter B - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

Sigrid finishes telling us about pronouncing the letter "B." Here's part 1 in case you missed it.

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Essential vocabulary with Sigrid - Delay delay delay - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Now we'll look at some verbs and phrasal verbs that use imagery to talk about plans and timetables that change. This segment is about "to shelve," "to put on ice," "to put on hold," and "to hold off."
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Caption 22 [en]: Here's an example.
Caption 22 [en]: Here's an example.

Parts of Speech - Modal Verbs - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

When do we use "should" and "could"? At the end of the video, you'll also find a preview of the next 2 videos where modals are used in everyday speech for discussing probability.
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Caption 35 [en]: [Here's a little preview of the next video]
Caption 35 [en]: [Here's a little preview of the next video]

Sigrid explains - The Limerick - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid has more fun with limericks, attempting to sing one, and dedicating another limerick to her boss. She offers a final limerick from Edward Lear, the king of limericks. See Part 1 for instructions on how limericks work and how to write one.
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Caption 45 [en]: Now, here's another Limerick that I made up.
Caption 45 [en]: Now, here's another Limerick that I made up.

Sigrid - Think Fast! - Part 9

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

Try to figure out what Sigrid is thinking of as she describes something. Understanding the description is just as important as guessing the answer.
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Caption 17 [en]: Here's the first one.
Caption 17 [en]: Here's the first one.

Sigrid explains - the passive voice - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Although we use the passive tense in the present tense, it's used in other tenses, too, and that's what we look at in this lesson.
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Caption 62 [en]: Now, here's another example in the future.
Caption 62 [en]: Now, here's another example in the future.

Sigrid explains - the passive voice - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

What is the passive voice all about? Sigrid takes us through the basics, step by step. In the active voice, we focus on "who" does something and in the passive voice we focus on "what" someone does.
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Caption 5 [en]: So listen. Here's a sentence with an active construction.
Caption 5 [en]: So listen. Here's a sentence with an active construction.

Sigrid - Think Fast! - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

USA

Try to guess what word Sigrid is describing using the clues she gives you. Remember: You can always click "pause" if you need more time!
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Caption 24 [en]: And here's another vegetable.
Caption 24 [en]: And here's another vegetable.

Sigrid explains - Shapes - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

A square is a shape, of course, but there are plenty of ways we use squares to describe things figuratively. Let's look at some examples of when and how we do this.
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Caption 37 [en]: Now, here's a tricky one. It's a little hard.
Caption 37 [en]: Now, here's a tricky one. It's a little hard.

Sigrid explains - The Tipping Point - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In this lesson, we learn about the word "tip" and then we look at how it combines with "point" in the noun "the tipping point."
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Caption 57 [en]: Now... {th'...} here's a seesaw.
Caption 57 [en]: Now... {th'...} here's a seesaw.
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